U.S. Army Combat Bulletin #18 - Progress In Southern France, St. Raphael, etc - August 1944

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U.S. Army Combat Bulletin #18, Progress In Southern France, St. Raphael, etc, August 1944 More info (title cards): Mediterranean - Progress in Southern France. St. Raphael in August 18 1944 (Winston Churchill fires a howitzer haha. ETO - Seized German Film (Seized Nazi combat footage of St Lo July 17 & 18. Rockets, anti-aircraft fire, B-25 shot down. American POWs - one wears a flight jacket with "Patchie P.A. - Jersey" on the back. ) Pacific - Invasion of Sansapor ETO - Battle of France Operations In Brittany - Third Army Drive Along the Loire Encirclement of the German 7th Army Description from the National Archives: "Part 1 shows aerial views of staging areas in Naples, Italy. Troops go ashore (Aug. 15) and advance with tank support. A bulldozer in St. Raphael is wrecked by a German land mine. Troops are welcomed in various towns. Gen. Patch decorates Fighting French of the Interior (F.F.I.) members in a ceremony at St. Tropez. Part 2 shows destroyed German fortifications near Pisa, Italy, and a dummy U.S. bridge. British troops are welcomed in Florence. Shows views of the city. U.S. engineers build a bridge across the Arno River. Churchill and Gen. Clark visit various 5th Army…

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United States. Army

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Combat Bulletin, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris, Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea, Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952, Battle of Sansapor, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American, Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984, United States. Army, Leclerc, Jacques P. (Jacques Philippe), 1902-1947, Somervell, Brehon Burke, 1892-1955

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